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- EpicThe Epic of the Bani Hilalسيرة بني هلالAnonymous · 1400An oral narrative born of real migrations that took place between the tenth and the twelfth century, sung throughout the Arab world.Literature
- Poetryعشيات وادي اليابسArar · 1954not translated into EnglishThe author, a magistrate and senior official of the emirate, is regarded as Jordan's greatest poet.Literature
- CinemaStruggle in Jerashصراع في جرشWasif al-Sheikh Yassin · 1957The first fictional feature film shot in Jordan, when the West Bank was attached to the kingdom, made by amateurs who built their own equipment.Cinema
- Feature filmوطني حبيبيAbdullah Kaoush · 1964It is one of the very first Jordanian fiction feature films, shot on very modest means.Cinema
- NovelYou as of Today My Homelandأنت منذ اليومTayseer Sboul · 1968This short novel, written in the wake of the Six-Day War, is counted among the first modern Jordanian novels.Literature
- Short storiesإحدى وعشرون طلقة للنبيElias Farkouh · 1982not translated into EnglishThe margins of Amman and their forgotten inhabitants, in a collection of stories honoured by the Jordanian writers.Literature
- NovelPrairies of Feverبراري الحمىIbrahim Nasrallah · 1985The novel tells of the exile of Arab teachers who went to work in the Gulf; the author had himself taught there.Literature
- Novelاعترافات كاتم صوتMu'nis al-Razzaz · 1986not translated into EnglishA family under house arrest and the confessions of a hired killer, in a Jordanian novel of power and fear.Literature
- NovelسلطانةGhalib Halasa · 1987not translated into EnglishThe novel looks back on the early days of the kingdom, seen by a writer who lived thirty-four years in exile.Literature
- NovelThe Tree StumpالقرميةSamiha Khreis · 1998The rising of the tribes against the Ottomans told from the Arab side, against the legend of Lawrence of Arabia.Literature
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